the united states army air forces attacked Attack by day , while raf bomber command operated Using by night .

the royal air force ( raf ) and royal navy operating Being_in_operation from malta took Conquering a heavy toll of axis shipping .

in order to prevent Preventing_or_letting this the allied air unk raf and the united states Statement army air forces ( usaaf ) unk ordered Arranging to conduct Action operations against axis air power by day and night in order to prevent Preventing_or_letting their resupply Supply or withdrawal Escaping .

2 air navigation school on a cross-country training exercise Practice from raf middleton st. george .

the battle Hostile_encounter of britain ( , literally `` the air battle Hostile_encounter for england '' ) was a military campaign Military_operation of the second world war Military_operation , in which the royal air force ( raf ) defended Defending the united kingdom ( uk ) against large-scale attacks Attack by nazi germany 's air force , the luftwaffe .

209 squadron raf and subsequently shadowed by aircraft from force h steaming north from gibraltar .

arthur harris , air officer commanding raf bomber command questioned Communication the intelligence that claimed Statement ball bearings to be vital to the german war economy .

the force comprised Cause_to_be_included 151 wing royal air force ( raf ) , with two squadrons of hawker hurricane fighters .

on this day in 1940 , the luftwaffe embarked Process_start on their largest bombing attack Attack yet , forcing the engagement Participation of the entirety of the royal air force ( raf ) in defence Bearing_arms of london and the south east , which resulted in Causation a decisive british victory Getting that proved to mark Recording a turning point in britain 's favour .

the unk ( channel fight ) was the german term for air operations by the `` luftwaffe '' against the british royal air force ( raf ) over the english channel in july 1940 .

operation `` hurricane '' was a 24-hour bombing Attack operation to `` demonstrate to the enemy in germany generally the overwhelming superiority of the allied air forces in this theatre '' ( in the directive to harris aco raf bomber command ) and `` cause mass panic and in the ruhr , disrupt frontline communications and demonstrate the futility of resistance '' ( in the words of the official raf history ) .

operation `` hurricane '' was a 24-hour bombing Attack operation to `` demonstrate to the enemy in germany generally the overwhelming superiority of the allied air forces in this theatre '' ( in the directive to harris aco raf bomber command ) and `` cause mass panic and in the ruhr , disrupt frontline communications and demonstrate the futility of resistance '' ( in the words of the official raf history ) .

the `` luftwaffe '' fighter force defended Defending the airspace of german-occupied territory against attack Attack , first by raf bomber command Causation and then against the united states army air forces ( usaaf ) .

36 squadron royal air force , registration unk , crashed Catastrophe into a field in little baldon , near unk , oxfordshire , shortly after taking off Departing from raf abingdon .

on 2 june 1994 , a chinook helicopter of the royal air force ( raf ) , serial number `` unk '' , crashed Destroying on the mull of kintyre , scotland , in foggy conditions .